- Joined
- Apr 1, 1999
- Location
- Martinsburg, WV
Gettysburg
The famous Civil War battle that resulted when the South attempted to strike into the North in 1863. It is considered to be the turning point of the conflict.
Gen. Robert E. Lee decided to press into Pennsylvania in hopes of forcing Northern troops to pull back from their attack on Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. (They didn't.) Lee's forces met a Union army almost by accident in Gettysburg. After two days of fighting and heavy casualties, Lee began retreating. There was no pursuit by the Union army.
Bodies remained unburied for months, prompting a scandal and a decision to create a national cemetery on the scene. It was at the dedication of the cemetery that President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous address.
The famous Civil War battle that resulted when the South attempted to strike into the North in 1863. It is considered to be the turning point of the conflict.
Gen. Robert E. Lee decided to press into Pennsylvania in hopes of forcing Northern troops to pull back from their attack on Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. (They didn't.) Lee's forces met a Union army almost by accident in Gettysburg. After two days of fighting and heavy casualties, Lee began retreating. There was no pursuit by the Union army.
Bodies remained unburied for months, prompting a scandal and a decision to create a national cemetery on the scene. It was at the dedication of the cemetery that President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous address.
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